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临床试验/NCT01491282
NCT01491282Unknown不适用

Brown Adipose Tissue After Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Maastricht University1 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 5 人开始时间: 2011年1月最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
不适用
入组人数
5
试验地点
1
主要终点
human brown adipose tissue activity

研究概览

简要总结

To evaluate the effect of vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy on the activity of human brown adipose tissue.

研究设计

研究类型
Observational
观察模型
Case Control
时间视角
Prospective

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 65 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Subjects treated with VNS for epilepsy, aged 18-65 years, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≤ 28 kg/m2.

排除标准

  • Body Mass Index > 28 kg/m2
  • Daily epileptic insults.
  • Subjects that need 'Rapid Cycling' VNS to control their frequency of epileptic insults.
  • Psychological unstable subjects (as judged by the treating neurologist).
  • subjects with mental retardation (as judged by the treating neurologist).
  • subjects with severe behaviour disorders (as judged by the treating neurologist).
  • Pregnant subjects.
  • Subjects that previously underwent high dose radiation for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes (radiotherapy, high frequency CT-scans).
  • The use of the following medication is an exclusion criterium;
  • ß-blockers,
  • Ketogenic diet

结局指标

主要结局

human brown adipose tissue activity

时间窗: baseline and 2 weeks after

次要结局

未报告次要终点

研究者

申办方类型
Other
责任方
Principal Investigator
主要研究者

dr. Sef Janssen

Dr. W.D. van Marken Lichtenbelt

Maastricht University

研究点 (1)

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